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Soprano Syndrome

A common ailment among performers, resulting in the belief that depth of feeling is best conveyed, not by a heartfelt and realistic delivery, but by as much arm waving, melodramatic movement, dewey-eyed smiling, and feigned ingenue-ity as one can muster, irrespective of song content.

So named for its commonality within female singers of the highest vocal range, though this syndrome is known to present quite commonly among divas of any gender and/or vocal range. However, the following correlation is clearly present: the higher one's vocal range in comparison to the average of one's gender, the more likely one is to exhibit symptoms of the aforementioned kind.
"The girl playing Desdemona was smiling winningly at the audience while her character was supposed to be in tears. I think she had a bad case of Soprano Syndrome."
by Sam Thorn November 28, 2011
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Tony soprano mode

The act of beating up someone who usually has it coming in brutal yet stylish fashion
Leo: did you hear Eddie got caught with Adam's girlfriend

Nick: yeah I heard adam went tony soprano mode on his ass
by FrədpImp$t0n€ January 18, 2021
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sopranist

A sopranist is a male singer who sings in the soprano vocal range; a countertenor who sings higher than the typical alto range.

There is a large body of music for male soprano written when it was common to use a castrato - a voice type which, for all intents and purposes, no longer exists. Sopranists are very rare, since most countertenors are altos.
Since Max can sing from a middle C to high A, he is considered a sopranist.
by Chris June 19, 2006
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The Jersey Shore/Sopranos Reasoning

When you act or say something like an Italian and your excuse for it being ok was that you watch The Sopranos or The Jersey Shore
Person 1 - whatta ya mean you forgot to pick up the tickets whatta you stunad

Person 2 - Stunad, what?

Perosn 1 - its ok I watch the sopranos

Person 1 - oh the old The Jersey Shore/Sopranos Reasoning
by Gimaf December 18, 2012
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Sopranos type wogs

People from Adelaide of meditteranian or middle eastern backgrounds who are more anglicized than their other state counterparts as well as listening to rnb and dance also have a taste for metallica or guns n roses though only listen to it at home. Are obsessed with food and coffee,purposly speak english around eachother,support an AFL team and drink coopers pale ale, are known to be suspicious of african-australians.
"those guys at the bar are sopranos type wogs"
by johnnyy20 January 13, 2008
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Soprano Cornet

Used in Brass bands to produce a tight laser beam of incredibly high intensity. If used in conjunction with a shallow small bore mouthpiece it is capable of bringing down aircraft from heights of up to 50,000,000 feet.

Not to be confused with a soprano saxophone which is for pussies.
Soprano cornet brings down Airbus A380 from 40,000,000 feet overvthe Atlantic.
by Soprano man January 19, 2019
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Sopranoland

A recent nickname (first heard in 2003) for northern New Jersey, generally used by residents of South Jersey. Refers to the popular HBO series The Sopranos which takes place in North Jersey.
I'm going to drive up the Turnpike to Sopranoland tonight to watch the Devils game.
by Led Zeppole December 28, 2003
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